Friday, August 12, 2016

Paul's Cross on TAP

The
Virtual Paul's Cross Project was discussed on On TAP, a podcast about
Theater and Performance Studies sponsored by the Performing Arts
Department at Washington University in St Louis. group, consisting of Sarah Bay-Cheng of Bowdoin College, Pannill Camp of Washington U, and Harvey Young of Northwestern Unnversity.Go HERE
to listen to the podcast, all of which is very worthwhile, but if you
want to hear their discussion of our work, forward to the last 10
minutes or so.

The folks at On TAP describe this podcast as "a three-headed,
freewheeling conversation about topics of current interest to graduate
students, professors, independent scholars, and all those interested in
academic Theatre and Performance Studies. "Each edition features Sarah Bay-Cheng,
Pannill Camp, and Harvey Young talking about several topics of field-wide
interest, including trends in ideas, theories, methods, pedagogy, career
development, and developments in research, publishing, and hiring.

"Something
like a cross between a casual faculty seminar and an impromptu conversation at
the conference hotel bar, On TAP features established scholars discussing a
rapidly evolving field of knowledge. It is free to download and a great way to
stay connected to the field."

I'm honored that these folks have been discussing our work, especially
since I've been reminded how preaching at Paul's Cross (or anywhere, for that
matter) was a kind of theater. One reason so many clergy in the early modern
period have negative things to say about the theater of that day was, of
course, that they were all in the same line of work.